horrisonous
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin horrisonus, from horrere (“to be horrible”) + sonus (“a sound”).
Adjective edit
horrisonous (comparative more horrisonous, superlative most horrisonous)
- (obsolete) Sounding dreadfully; uttering a terrible sound.
- 1631, Celestina:
- Words of most horrisonous roaring.
Synonyms edit
References edit
- “horrisonous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.